High-Fiber Snacks: Delicious and Nutritious

While you know fiber is essential for good health, it can be tricky to figure out how to add more to your day. One simple way to take your fiber game to the next level is with high-fiber snacks. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds are all fiber-packed foods, so let’s talk about how to easily turn them into snacks you’ll love!

Importance of a high-fiber diet

Fiber works like a broom as it moves along your digestive tract. It sweeps out the remaining parts of food that your body doesn’t need. Fiber helps keep everything moving along in your digestive tract and also helps to support your gut microbiome.

What snack foods are high in fiber?

Snack time is a great way to add fiber to your day. There are lots of delicious ways to snackify your fiber intake. Whether you want a small snack, like a piece of fruit or vegetables, or a larger snack like a small meal, there are lots of high-fiber snack options.

What fruit has the highest fiber?

Blackberries and raspberries are two fruits high in fiber. They are not always in season, but not to worry—you can use frozen berries year-round. Frozen berries are frozen at peak ripeness and maintain most of their nutrients throughout the freezing process.

Here are some options for a high-fiber snack with berries:

• Create a berry parfait: Layer berries with granola and yogurt to make a delicious parfait.
• Make a smoothie: Blend berries with spinach, milk, and a scoop of chia or flax seeds.
• Build a yogurt bowl: Top yogurt with berries and a handful of nuts.
• Enjoy them on their own: Sometimes the simplest option is the best!

But it’s not just these berries that can add fiber to your day. Many other fruits also provide a good source of fiber in every serving, including guavas, pomegranates, pears, Asian pears, and blueberries. And all fruits have at least some fiber, so feel free to mix and match your favorite ones with some of the higher fiber options.

What are some fiber-rich vegetables?

Fiber-rich vegetables include avocados, artichokes, peas, butternut squash, and jicama. Other great options are parsnips, sweet potato, broccoli, carrots, snow peas, rutabaga, and asparagus. Cooked dark green leafy greens like kale and collards are also excellent sources of fiber.

Here are some options for a high-fiber snack ideas with vegetables:

• Dip ‘em: Dip vegetables like jicama spears, carrots, snow peas, or broccoli into hummus, creamy spinach dip, or guacamole.
• Spread the love: Avocado toast isn’t just a fad, it’s a fiber-rich snack!
• Crisp it up: Swap potatoes for veggie chips! Slice zucchini, sweet potatoes, or beets, season them with your favorite spices, and bake until crispy. Roasted kale makes great chips too!
• Stack it: Turn cucumber slices into crackers by topping them with tuna salad, cream cheese, or smoked salmon for a fiber-rich bite.

What are easy snacks for fiber?

Here are some more ideas for fiber-filled snacks:

• Roasted chickpeas: Home-made or packaged, roasted chickpeas make for a satisfying and fiber filled snack.
• Edamame: You can buy frozen edamame either in the shell or out, and they make a quick and easy snack. You can even find dry-roasted edamame at the grocery store if you want a crunchy snack you can eat on the run.
• Popcorn: Popcorn is a delicious way to add a fiber filled snack. Take it up a notch by adding spices or seasonings like nutritional yeast or cinnamon sugar.
• Almonds: Almonds have the most fiber per ounce of all the nuts. You can enjoy them on their own or pair them with something sweet like a cup of fruit.
• Seeds: Roasted pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds give you both fiber and protein. You can sprinkle them on yogurt, oatmeal, fruit, or a salad to elevate your snack.

Boost your daily routine with fiber supplements

Beyond food, fiber supplements can help you increase your daily intake. Vitafusion gummies offer several fiber options to help support digestive health*:

• Fiber Well: These sugar-free gummies contain 5 grams of prebiotic fiber per serving. With tasty peach, strawberry and berry flavors, these fiber gummies help maintain regularity and promote digestive health.*
• Fiber Well Fit: Not only sugar free, these gummies contain 4 grams of fiber per serving with six B vitamins to support fat, carbohydrate and protein metabolism.* In peach, raspberry, and berry flavors, these gummies are delicious!
• Fiber Well + Probiotic: In yummy blue raspberry, cherry and orange flavors, each 2 gummy serving contains 3 grams of fiber to support digestive health* plus 800 million CFUs of probiotics.

Great sources of fiber in tasty snacks

Fiber plays an important role in supporting digestive health, but increasing your intake doesn’t have to be difficult.* Enjoying a variety of fiber-rich snacks, like vegetables, fruit, beans, nuts, and seeds, is an easy way to boost your daily intake. And for extra fiber support, vitafusion fiber gummies provide a tasty, convenient option to help you stay on track. With a little creativity and the right ingredients, you can make fiber a delicious and satisfying part of your daily routine!

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